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ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ascaris lumbricoides mean?
• ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES (noun)
The noun ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES has 1 sense:
1. intestinal parasite of humans and pigs
Familiarity information: ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Intestinal parasite of humans and pigs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Ascaris lumbricoides; common roundworm
Hypernyms ("Ascaris lumbricoides" is a kind of...):
nematode; nematode worm; roundworm (unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic)
Holonyms ("Ascaris lumbricoides" is a member of...):
Ascaris; genus Ascaris (type genus of the family Ascaridae: roundworms with a three-lipped mouth)
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